New Delhi:
The meeting elections in Delhi will happen in a single part on February 5 and the votes might be counted on February 8., the Election Commission introduced as we speak. The schedule for polls to the Delhi Legislative Assembly was launched at a press convention by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and different senior ballot officers.
The time period of the 70-member Assembly ends on February 23, and elections must be held earlier than that to represent a brand new House. The nationwide capital has historically seen meeting polls in a single part.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is pushing arduous for a 3rd consecutive time period, whereas the BJP has gone all out to show the tables. Also within the struggle is the Congress, which goes alone and concentrating on each the BJP and the AAP, which was its ally throughout the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Mr Kumar additionally stated India will quickly create a brand new file of 1 billion-plus voters.
“Electoral rolls had been launched yesterday. We are crossing 99 crore voters… We are going to be a nation of 1 billion voters very quickly, which might be one other file in voting,” Mr Kumar stated.
He additionally stated 2024 was the 12 months of elections globally when two-third of the world’s inhabitants in democracies voted in several polls.